TOWNES VAN ZANDT Live At The Old Quarter, Houston 2LP TOMATO 1977 US orig+foc

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TOWNES VAN ZANDT

Among the most widely admired and influential Texas songwriters, 

an alt-country godfather with a dry, witty, allusive writing style. 

Townes Van Zandt's music doesn't jump up and down, wear fancy clothes, or beat around the bush. 

Whether he was singing a quiet, introspective country-folk song or a driving, hungry blues, 

Van Zandt's lyrics and melodies were filled with the kind of haunting truth and beauty that you knew instinctively. 

His music came straight from his soul by way of a kind heart, an honest mind, and a keen ear for the gentle blend 

of words and melody. He could bring you down to a place so sad that you felt like you were scraping bottom, 

but just as quickly he could lift your spirits and make you smile at the sparkle of a summer morning 

or a loved one's eyes -- or raise a chuckle with a quick and funny talking blues. 

The magic of his songs is that they never leave you alone

"LIVE AT THE OLD QUARTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS"

Produced by Earl Willis

1977    2LP     TOMATO RECORDS      TOM-2-7001   STEREO

PRINTED IN U.S.A.     ORIGINAL PRESSING

GATEFOLD SLEEVE (HEAVY DUTY CARDBOARD COVER)

This version: Brown (wrapping paper) inner sleeves with "stamp" Tomato 12" Quality Produce 

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL:  TOMATO - BLACK LABEL with RED LOGO - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: (front & spine) TOM-2-7001

Catalog on labels: TOM-2-7001-A / TOM-2-7001-B / TOM-2-7001-C / TOM-2-7001-D

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): TOM-2-7001-A BEST J.G.   (Stamped): MASTERDISK

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): TOM-2-7001-B BEST J.H.(corrected)G.    (Stamped): MASTERDISK

Matrix / Runout (Side C, Etched): TOM-2-7001-C BEST J.G.   (Stamped): MASTERDISK

Matrix / Runout (Side D, Etched): TOM-2-7001-D BEST    (Stamped): MASTERDISK   (Etched): J.G.

On labels: *Music & Lyrics - Townes Van Zadt

rim text reads "© The Tomato Music Company, Limited, New York, N.Y. Printed in U.S.A."

On inside cover: Mixed & Edited at: Northwestern Sound Studios, Lima, Ohio 

Mastered at: Media Sound Studios, New York, N.Y.

Cover Design: Milton Glaser

Recorded on a Scotch 207 at 15 ips

On back cover: Notes by Earl Willis, 3-30-77

TMK by The Tomato Music..............Printed in U.S.A.

tracklisting

Side A: ANNOUNCEMENT - PANCHO & LEFTY - MR. MUDD & MR. GOLD

DON'T YOU TAKE IT TOO BAD - TWO GIRLS - FRATERNITY BLUES - IF I NEEDED YOU

Side B: BRAND NEW COMPANION - WHITE FREIGHT LINER BLUES - TO LIVE IS TO FLY

SHE CAME AND SHE TOUCHED ME - TALKING THUNDERBIRD BLUES

REX'S BLUES - NINE POUND HAMMER

Side C: FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG - CHAUFFEUR'S BLUES - NO PLACE TO FALL

LORETTA - KATHLEEN - WHY SHE'S ACTING THE WAY

Side D: COCAINE BLUES - WHO DO YOU LOVE - TOWER SONG

WAITING 'ROUND TO DIE - TECUMSEH VALLEY - LUNGS - ONLY HIM OR ME

  grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Townes Van Zandt is better regarded as a songwriter than as a performer, and not without reason,

he was a peerless lyricist with a singular ability to capture the landscape of the heart and soul in words, 

but while he was a fine singer he wasn't exceptional, and the ravages of alcohol, tobacco and drugs took 

a fearsome toll on his voice in his last years. But Van Zandt could work magic in front of an audience 

under the right circumstances, and while a wealth of live recordings 

of Van Zandt have emerged since his passing on the first day of 1997,

Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas ranks with the very best of his concert albums. 

Live at the Old Quarter is simple and spare, capturing Van Zandt in a 1973 

solo performance at a Houston saloon with just his acoustic guitar for company, 

and the engineering ably captures the ambience of the room, 

with the audience clearly caught up in the spell of these songs. The set features 26 songs, all originals except 

for covers of "Cocaine Blues," "Nine Pound Hammer," and "Who Do You Love," and Van Zandt brings 

these tunes to life with an easy grace that's a striking complement to the emotional gravity of his lyrics, 

though he also gives his lighter side an airing here, occasionally cracking jokes 

and offering a pair of funny talking blues numbers...(AllMusic)